The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
There is no sensual pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good man takes in doing good. — Alone Boy Copy Share Image
I draw pleasure in governance, in doing new things and bringing people together. That pleasure is all I need from life. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
The demise of Jeb Bush has been a source of immeasurable pleasure for, well, nearly everyone. — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
Remember that life is neither pain nor pleasure; it is serious business, to be entered upon with courage and in a spirit… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
There's something so beautiful in coming on one's very inmost thoughts in another. In one way it is one of the greatest… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
The pleasures of the palate deal with us like Egyptian thieves who strangle those whom they embrace. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment of pain. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
People jump back and forth in pursuit of pleasures only because they see the emptiness of their lives more clearly than they… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins that may buy you just a moment of pleasure, But then drag you for days like… — Hafez Copy Share Image
I realized that my life was to be one of simple, childlike faith, and that my part was to trust, not to… — Charles Studd Copy Share Image
The ego exists as a powerful force in Western man that cannot be dismissed or denied. The therapeutic goal is to integrate… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
If those sorts of moments would be the only pleasure life offered me, I'd be better off shutting out that one brilliant… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
Farm animals feel pleasure and sadness, excitement and resentment, depression, fear, and pain. They are far more aware and intelligent than we… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
An object of art creates a public capable of finding pleasure in its beauty. Production, therefore, not only produces an object for… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people; but it is… — John Buchanan Robinson Copy Share Image
Knowledge is praised and desired by multitudes whom her charms could never rouse from the couch of sloth; whom the faintest invitation… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
With fantasy, one often has to think of a well-loved series before narrowing the selection to a favourite book. So it is… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
I'll tell them how I survive it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in things… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The joyous fulfillment of your sex : the sacred duties of beloved wife, and helpmeet, and mother. In opposition to the vulgar… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Shake off those gloomy feelings. Drive them away. Fix your mind and pleasures upon what is before you.All is bright if you… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Most of what I read is for reviewing purposes or related to something I want to write about. It's slightly utilitarian. I… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
A source of permanent, accessible pleasure, our genitals exist. The god who created our misfortune, who made us short-lived, vain and cruel,… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
The average beast of prey is a decent creature who merely kills for the sake of food or in a fight against… — Gilbert Murray Copy Share Image
